Richard Mayo's Bethnal Green Pamphlet. It is generally recognised that Gerbier was not reluctant to publish his views, and during the Interregnum he found numerous opportunities to express himself in print. Often his writings were either self-justifications, prospectuses for his various projects, or broadly pedagogical works. But he also published a pamphlet, of uncertain date, …
Continue reading Preaching and Print: A Clerical Riposte to Sir Balthazar.
In October 2017, I visited Rome for the first time, and took with me Gerbier's 'Subsidium Peregrinantibus', published in 1665 as a handbook for young men undertaking the Grand Tour of the European Mainland. As well as containing a great deal of information on orders of Knighthood and courtly protocol, the book is also something …
Although more often associated with the visual arts, Gerbier always turned to the written word as a natural form of expression, and throughout his life published regularly. His output included everything from a single page of verse addressed to Prins Maurits, to substantial books on building and military architecture, together with a number of pamphlets …
Continue reading Catalogue of Gerbier’s printed, written works.
By a very fortunate and timely coincidence, the University of Ghent has recently uploaded a digitized version of the copy of Gerbier's Eer Ende Claght-Dicht in its library to Google Books, where it can be seen in its complete form. As well as giving us a rare opportunity to see an original copy, this also …
I've transcribed Gerbier's first major published work, his tribute to Hendrick Goltzius, from one of approximately three surviving copies. The original is to be found in the British Museum's Department of Prints and Drawings, and I am very grateful to them for their assistance in making available Gerbier's text, which has not been reprinted since …
Sir Balthazar Gerbier 